Since our weekend event in which Fernando Riley, Mitch B. and I sang "Songs We'd Never Sing," I've been inundated with requests from singers on Smule's application, Sing!, to resurrect as an open call or "OC" one of the songs from the event--and that song is "Bacon Pancakes."
When I first posted the Bacon Pancakes song on my site for the weekend, I knew it was a catchy, bouncy sort of tune with some of the weirdest verses I had ever seen. I also knew that as far as fun event songs were concerned, this one would be popular--and I was not wrong. Within 24 hours 46 people signed up to sing and laugh about "bacon pancakes." It was hysterical fun!!
Most of the singers (including me) had never heard of this song before, and a frequently asked question by singers was "where the heck did this thing come from?" Well, that is a good question!
Look no further than "Adventure Time," the twisted children's cartoon featuring 12 year old Finn (the kid in the white "owl hat" and Jake, his yellow talking and magically transforming dog. In an episode entitled "Burning Low", Jake, the magical dog who apparently is also in possession of remarkable culinary skills, makes bacon pancakes and sings a little ditty "Bacon pancakes, making bacon pancakes, bacon pancakes, making bacon pancakes, bacon panCAAAKES." The original 12 second song bit was penned by Rebecca Sugar, but it became so popular that artist Jimmy Wong made an ENTIRE SONG out of the tiny Adventure Time diddy.
Fast forward to Wednesday evening as I received yet another request from a singer on Smule to "please" open "Bacon Pancakes" again for everyone to try. I "almost" decided against it until one last singer, a very sassy man, who goes by the Smule tag @SoLoLoLoLoLo asked if I would open Bacon Pancakes again.
I met @SoLoLoLoLoLo when I stumbled upon his fake "audition" in which he tells singers he is auditioning for membership in a "super secret best ever singing" group on Smule where "no one can suck--not even a little" in order to get in. According to SoLoLoLoLoLo, people who audition can sing and use FX "if it makes you awesome," and rap (which he said they loved "especially when it rhymes.") Frankly, it was so funny that I did not "sing" during the "audition," but spent most of the time laughing hysterically. In his comments to me, he accused me of keeping him up, destroying his sleep and making him "tardy" for work. As @SoLoLoLoLoLo was kindly "booting me out" the door, he did consent to listen to one of the versions of Bacon Pancakes, then asked to do it himself.
So I decided then and there, yep, time to reopen "Bacon Pancakes" for everyone. Much to my chagrin, the second recording was no better than the first one, and I could not keep it together long enough for the entire song. Most importantly, however, I wanted to hear just what Mr. Super Secret Singing Group would "bring" to the performance. Well, I didn't have to wait long because by the next afternoon, @SoLoLoLoLoLo (seriously, this name is going to kill me, so let's start calling him "@So(Lo)x5") was there singing. It was exactly as I suspected it would be funny, sassy, sarcastic and mean. In fact, I have more than once accused @So(Lo)x5 of being "short, funny and mean" and have been corrected by him to amend it to "tall, funny and mean."
@So(Lo)x5 began his FIRST recording using the "pop" FX and complaining that Smule had "changed" his app again. After complaining that the song "stinks" he hit the best "road bump" in the song and that was the comment about the chorus being as infectious as "syphillus" whereupon he began actually laughing. Later his comment turned to the "disgusting quality" of McGriddles--by the way, I love those things, pal--as he continued to sing about "bacon pancakes." Everything was completely hysterical.
No sooner had I completed commenting on his first performance, than I see he joined AGAIN to give me a second rendition of this song! This time--to use a NASCAR term--he removed the "restrictor plate" and would be careening around, on all available horse power on this version. To change it up, he decided to use my name OVER AND OVER AND OVER, singing that GRACE would be making the bacon pancakes at my house. Toward the end he said he wanted French Toast, but not "nothing too light or too dark" because when it came to breakfast toast, apparently, he admitted to being exactly like "Goldilocks." Finally, he completed the song with the world's longest end note. In fact, the recording finished before he did! By this time, I had laughed myself into a puddle and as I wiped the tears from my eyes, I hit him up with comments!
But let me say here, on my blog, to you @SoLoLoLoLoLo...bravo sir...bravo!! You are still mean and funny, but I've decided you'll have to PROVE the tall part to me now. I don't trust you!!
Now despite our friend @So(Lo)x5's apparent dislike for the song, 19 other people disagree with him and have joined either for the first time or the SECOND time to sing Bacon Pancakes. I won't be able to sing again for a long time at this rate since all I can do is laugh.
So if you're ready to laugh and sing, come to my site and try out "Bacon Pancakes," currently an OC there. If you're not interested in singing, listen to the two songs done by @SoLoLoLoLoLo for comedy or any of the other singers for a great big laugh, Thanks!
More About the Singers Mentioned Here:
- Fernando Riley can be found @FernandoRiley on Smule
- Mitch, my duet partner, can be found at @wlm_mitch22_sf on Smule
I've loved singing this with you my stomach hurts through laughing 😂 though
ReplyDeleteLoving your blogs gracie and our duets
ReplyDeleteSqueeeeee.....what a laugh I had singing this song with you Grace! I still haven't gotten round to checking out how it is really supposed to go!
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